A thread about the environment (for canoegirl)

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Re: what's on your mind, right now?

canoegirl wrote:

the enviroment, are there any threads pertaining to it ? i do not know how to start one someone please do start one, start small dream big spell well lol

polaris_x

ahhh ... the environment ... sorta like nerdy kid everyone liked to pick on and take advantage of ... but when he goes postal - watch out! ...

canoegirl

lol thank you scb environment, and yet i laugh at meself yes me not my, and yet the thought of starting a thread seems so intimidating

eyedclaar

canoegirl wrote:

lol thank you scb environment, and yet i laugh at meself yes me not my, and yet the thought of starting a thread seems so intimidating

It is pretty serious stuff... starting threads I mean, not the environment. The "environment" is the biggest hoax since sasquatch; I'm certain neither of them even exist.

Claireack

What are we going to discuss?

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polaris_x wrote:

ahhh ... the environment ... sorta like nerdy kid everyone liked to pick on and take advantage of ... but when he goes postal - watch out! ...

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Claireack wrote:

What are we going to discuss?

Hmm... I'm taking an environmental health class right now. We're discussing overpopulation & overconsumption, water scarcity & pollution, air pollution, radiation & radon testing & uranium mining (of particular importance in this part of the country), etc.

But maybe canoegirl had something else in mind?

polaris_x

start here ...

http://www.storyofstuff.com/

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polaris_x wrote:

start here ...

http://www.storyofstuff.com/

:thumbup:

Also: http://www.storyofbottledwater.org

eyedclaar

scb wrote:

Claireack wrote:

What are we going to discuss?

Hmm... I'm taking an environmental health class right now. We're discussing overpopulation & overconsumption, water scarcity & pollution, air pollution, radiation & radon testing & uranium mining (of particular importance in this part of the country), etc.

But maybe canoegirl had something else in mind?

Yeah, I mean she starts this highly contentious thread and then just vanishes. Then again, canoes are prone to tipping over... I hope she's ok.

IamTom

Any discussion that broaches the environment is served by pointing people in the direction of Derrick Jensen>

eyedclaar

IamTom wrote:

Any discussion that broaches the environment is served by pointing people in the direction of Derrick Jensen>

I do need to check his stuff out. I kind of prefer the Hayduke methods of evironmentalism...

IamTom

eyedclaar wrote:

IamTom wrote:

Any discussion that broaches the environment is served by pointing people in the direction of Derrick Jensen>

I do need to check his stuff out. I kind of prefer the Hayduke methods of evironmentalism...

A pretty sweeping statement I know but I fully believe if everyone read A Language Older Than Words we would start to come out of denial collectively and make real change. Oh well,just have to do it person by person>

eyedclaar

IamTom wrote:

eyedclaar wrote:

IamTom wrote:

Any discussion that broaches the environment is served by pointing people in the direction of Derrick Jensen>

I do need to check his stuff out. I kind of prefer the Hayduke methods of evironmentalism...

A pretty sweeping statement I know but I fully believe if everyone read A Language Older Than Words we would start to come out of denial collectively and make real change. Oh well,just have to do it person by person>

Sounds like you still have hope. That makes you a better person than me.

IamTom

Who's this Hayduke guy?

eyedclaar

IamTom wrote:

Who's this Hayduke guy?

George Washington Hayduke - A fictional character in Edward Abbey's novels The Monkey Wrench Gang[1]and Hayduke Lives![2] Hayduke is an ex-Green Beret, one-time explosives expert and medical assistant to the Viet Cong, and an American environmentalist hero.

Hayduke is based on Douglas Peacock - a real person with several fine books in his own right. Great man that I have met. Hayduke doesn't fuck around, or wait for politicians to get off their collective asses; he takes care of shit his own way.

Claireack

Ok, so canoegirl maybe didn't want to talk about anything in particular.

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Claireack wrote:

Ok, so canoegirl maybe didn't want to talk about anything in particular.

Anything in particular you want to talk about then?

canoegirl

so i watched the little programs on stuff, which i've been practicing for sometime now and i imagine many others are aswell, ugh i hope, and the bottled water program was educational, i wonder if any schools in this country have had the guts to show this to students in the class rooms? and does anyone out there ever wonder where all of this electriCITY that is being generated by the wind turbines in the countryside is going ? and why is it that the wind turbines are not being utilized in such a way as our water plants are, for that actual area ? funny yet sick side thought perhaps one day they will put wind turbines on the tops of the mountains of debris in india and send the electricity to china so they can make us more stuff, omg i need to stop, lol, sorry if i offended anyone and its late so excuse me spelling

haffajappa

With Gorilla gone, will there be hope for Man? With Man gone, will there be hope for Gorilla?

i like this book
HUG THE EARTH!